***The SEINFELD TRIVIA Thread***

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom

Vitalogensia said:

Alton Benes's book is "Fair Game".

I’ve always felt he deserved a wider audience. 

Vitalogensia

EddieJeffStoneMikeMattBoom said:

Vitalogensia said:

Alton Benes's book is "Fair Game".

I’ve always felt he deserved a wider audience. 

I'm not sure he wants one. 

Vitalogensia

Perhaps you already know this, but I learned something last night.  Before taking the cafe latte into the theater, Kramer has the lid off and puts it back on himself.  

Later Jackie Chiles asks "Now did you put the top on or did they put the top on for you?" 

Kramer replies, "No. They put the top on."  
Jackie: "And they made the top. You didn't make the top did you?"

Later in the episode Kramer tells Elaine that "Jackie says the top was faulty."

So did Kramer lie to Jackie, was he simply mistaken, or was this a continuity error?

HughFreakingDillon

my guess is continuity error

HughFreakingDillon

just snagged two tix to the Winnipeg Seinfeld show. only $140 CDN per ticket in the lower bowl. Cool. 

The Juggler

Not trivia, just a genuine question....why do you think Dewayne sold George ladies glasses in the first place? What was his angle?

HughFreakingDillon

The Juggler said:

Not trivia, just a genuine question....why do you think Dewayne sold George ladies glasses in the first place? What was his angle?

just to fuck with him. 

Vitalogensia

Interesting.  I just took it as an indifferent businessman selling a customer what said customer requested. 

PJ_Soul

I always thought it was because he was an incompetent eye glasses salesman - that he didn't even realize the difference.

The Juggler

Yeah I don't know. He went out of his way to say it was "an exciting new item" they just got in or something. That seemed to have sold George on it. haha

The ol' Gloria Vanderbilt Collection!

Vitalogensia

I read this out to my girlfriend (whom I've gotten into Seinfeld in the past couple years), and her take is that George was being annoying and so the shopkeep just sold him something to get George out of the store.  

I never imagined there'd be so many different takes on this scenario!

The Juggler

Vitalogensia said:

I read this out to my girlfriend (whom I've gotten into Seinfeld in the past couple years), and her take is that George was being annoying and so the shopkeep just sold him something to get George out of the store.  

I never imagined there'd be so many different takes on this scenario!

If I were George I would've pressed the issue!

Vitalogensia

What's The Drake's first name?

Ledbetterman10

Vitalogensia said:

What's The Drake's first name?

Damn, this is a great question. I won't post the answer because I had to look it up.

On a side note, The Drake is, by far in my opinion, the worst character to ever come through Seinfeld. They build him up as if he's going to be funny and/or interesting. "GOTTA LOOOOOOOOVEEEEEEEEE THE DRAKE!" "The Drake is good!" "How can you NOT like The Drake?" But then we meet him, and he's a blithering loser who gets dumped, cries about it, and doesn't do or say anything that's remotely funny. And then in a later episode, though unseen, he schedules his wedding on the day of the Super Bowl. He sucks. Long story short....I hate The Drake. But I love the trivia question because it's a good one. 

The Juggler

The Drake is an enigma. A mystery wrapped in a riddle. 

HughFreakingDillon

I'd have to agree with everything you said there. And I don't know the answer either. 

Vitalogensia

The Drake's first name is Scott.  I only know that from accidentally leaving the subtitles on the other night.  The Drake isn't the best, but for whatever reason I find it funny when he says "Gagliano's, that's pretty good" while crying. 

Ledbetterman10

Vitalogensia said:

The Drake's first name is Scott.  I only know that from accidentally leaving the subtitles on the other night.  The Drake isn't the best, but for whatever reason I find it funny when he says "Gagliano's, that's pretty good" while crying. 

Yeah that line's not bad. And the bit of him and his wife watching the Jerry show on a small portable TV was a nice callback to him giving away the large TV. Still hate The Drake though. 

Ledbetterman10

Back to the trivia, who is the only actor (outside of the main four) to appear in all nine seasons of the show? 

The Juggler

I think the fact that he sucks so much after them hyping him up as they did makes the Drake all the more interesting to me. Like Newman, perhaps there's more to The Drake than meets the eye?

HughFreakingDillon

The Juggler said:

I think the fact that he sucks so much after them hyping him up as they did makes the Drake all the more interesting to me. Like Newman, perhaps there's more to The Drake than meets the eye?

no. there's less. 

HughFreakingDillon

Ledbetterman10 said:

Back to the trivia, who is the only actor (outside of the main four) to appear in all nine seasons of the show? 

Estelle?

Ledbetterman10

HughFreakingDillon said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Back to the trivia, who is the only actor (outside of the main four) to appear in all nine seasons of the show? 

Estelle?

No her first appearance isn't until season 4 in The Contest.  

Indifference71

Ledbetterman10 said:

Back to the trivia, who is the only actor (outside of the main four) to appear in all nine seasons of the show? 

Newman?

Ledbetterman10

Indifference71 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Back to the trivia, who is the only actor (outside of the main four) to appear in all nine seasons of the show? 

Newman?

No he first appears in season 2 threatening suicide, (voiced by Larry David), and Wayne Knight make his first appearance as Newman in season 3 (coincidently, in an episode titled "The Suicide").

Wayne Knight then recorded the voice of Newman in season 2 for syndication. 

The Juggler

I am guessing Helen Seinfeld. Can't be Morty since a different actor played him at first. 

Ledbetterman10

The Juggler said:

I am guessing Helen Seinfeld. Can't be Morty since a different actor played him at first. 

That's correct. Liz Sheridan 

Good catch on the trick question aspect of this because if I said "which character," then Morty and Helen would be correct. But by asking "which actor," Liz Sheridan as Helen is the correct answer. 

The Juggler

Yeah the first Morty wasn't funny. Glad they made the switch. 

eeriepadave

Indifference71 said:

Ledbetterman10 said:

Back to the trivia, who is the only actor (outside of the main four) to appear in all nine seasons of the show? 

Newman?

that was my first thought. Probably too obvious. My next guess was George's parents, but that again is probably too obvious.

Now kinda looking at the answer (after looking at minor characters on wikipedia)  makes sense.

Ledbetterman10

Following up on the last answer, name every character that has been played by multiple actors. There's a few. We already have Morty Seinfeld (played in season 1 by Phil Burns, and subsequently by Barney Martin). And I mentioned Newman was first voiced by Larry David, but who else?

No need to name the actors. Just the characters.